Window-screen



('No Model.)

H. HIGGIN. WINDOW SCREEN.

Patented Feb. 13, .1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

HENRY HIGGIN, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,654, dated February 13, 1894. Application filed March 27,1893. Serial No. 467,812 (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY HIGGIN, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llVindow-Screens, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a screen oi improved construction and to provide means lfor automatically holding the screen iu any desired position in the window casing, and the iuven tion consists in the parts and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1. is a front View of a portion of a window casing provided with one of my improved screens. Fig. 2 is a cross section of a portion of the casing and screen; Fig. 3 a detail of lthe corner clamp and Fig. 4 a detail showing the method of securing the screen cloth to the frame.

The screen cloth A is stretched over the side and end bars B, which are preferably steel and clamped thereto by a metallic strip C which takes over the bars and is caused by pressure to grip the wire cloth to 'the bars and between its own jaws. The screen is nished by the application of angle clamps D adapted to take over the side and end bars at the corners of the frame and preferably secured by rivets d. These clamps are preferably made of sheet metal having some spring and the portion taking over the side bar is split at d to allow that portion of the clamp to spread. Channel strips E, adapted to serve as retaining strips and guides for the screens, are secured to the sides of the window casing. The side Walls of these strips are disposed at such distance from each other as to hold the spreading portion of the angle clamps under tension suficientto retain the screen in Whatever position it may be placed, but to allow it to be easily moved up on down. The angle clamps are preferably provided with loops d2 for convenience in raising or lowering the screen; The clamps add materially to the strength of the frame, make a clean joint at the corner, and provide a very simple and effective means for securing the frame in place.

I claim as my invention- 1. A window screen constructed with side and end rails secured together by angle clamps D composed ot' spring metal and having openings d, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a window screen, of the angle clamps D composed of spring metal, having openings d', and channel strips E adapted to receive said clamps, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

HENRY HIGGIN.

Witnesses:

JAMES N. RAMSEY, BENJAMIN BLOCH.

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